Excerpt from A Study of Illegitimacy in Ontario: Made Under the Direction of the Social Service Council of Ontario<br><br>Those interested in the welfare of children in the Province of Ontario have been, for some time, concerned with the problem of the better protection and care of children born of unmarried parents and with a movement for better legislation in that direction._ The Social Service Council of Ontario, believing that it might make a contribution to. The Province in this matter, decided to undertake a study of the problem in Ontario and thereby help to bring about the introduction of legislation which would, by establishing a new responsibility, bring about the opportunity of a more normal life for the child born out of wedlock, as well as a more just dealing with the parents of the child and with the community.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.